Camtek Appoints Mr. Moshe Baruch as VP Technologies and Dr. Boaz Nitzan as VP DMD Product Line

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Sep 24, 2012, 08:30 ET

MIGDAL HAEMEK, Israel, September 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --

Camtek Ltd. (NASDAQ and TASE: CAMT) ("Camtek"), announced today the appointment of Mr. Moshe Baruch as VP Technologies and Dr. Boaz Nitzan as VP of the DMD (Digital Material Deposition) product line.

Mr. Moshe Baruch joins Camtek after 14 years with publically listed semiconductor capital equipment company, KLA-Tencor, where he held various research and development positions and served as the head of R&D of KLA-Tencor Israel for the past six years. Prior to that, Moshe held several R&D leadership positions at large Israeli-based companies, developing multi-disciplinary products for the defense industry, including Rafael, Elta, and Tadiran.

Dr. Boaz Nitzan holds Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry and brings over 13 years of executive level management with vast experience in the Printing Industry in companies such as Scitex Vision, Aprion Digital and Scitex. Prior to joining Camtek, Dr. Nitzan held several executive positions, leading cross-functional research and development of novel technology products. He served as CEO at AMS Technologies, Vice President of R&D and Production at BPT - Bio Prior Technology and Vice President R&D at Power Paper.

Mr. Roy Porat, Camtek's Chief Executive Officer, commented, "Camtek's new product segments, intended to support Camtek's growth and penetration into new markets, present many challenges in terms of dedicated technologies, thus requiring highly focused expertise and managerial experience. We are very happy to have Mr. Baruch and Dr. Nitzan on board with their remarkable proven abilities and experience, and believe that they will each make a tremendous contribution to Camtek in their new positions."

ABOUT CAMTEK LTD.

Camtek Ltd. provides automated and technologically advanced solutions dedicated to enhancing production processes and increasing yields, enabling and supporting customer's latest technologies in the Semiconductors, Printed Circuit Boards (PCB) and IC Substrates industries.

Camtek addresses the specific needs of these interconnected industries with dedicated solutions based on a wide and advanced platform of technologies including intelligent imaging, image processing, adaptive ion milling (AIM) and digital material deposition (DMD). Camtek's solutions range from micro-to-nano by applying its technologies to the industries' specific requirements.

This press release is available at http://www.camtek.co.il.

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